One of the last artistic expressions of life under communism, this novel captures the atmosphere in Prague between 1983 and 1987, where a dance could be broken up by the secret police, a traffic offence could lead to surveillance and where contraband books were the currency of the underworld.
- ISBN10 0140149139
- ISBN13 9780140149135
- Publish Date 1 July 1993 (first published 1 October 1992)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 August 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 288
- Language English